#3E997F#3E997F

#3E997F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.096 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3E997F
RGB	rgb(62, 153, 127)
HSL	hsl(163, 42%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(163, 59%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 17%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -33.54, 5.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 34.01, 170.45°)
OKLab	oklab(62.08% -0.0946 0.0144)
OKLCH	oklch(62.08% 0.096 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2068, 25.3372, 24.0583)
Luminance	0.2534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3E997F #993E58

analogous

#3E9951 #3E997F #3E8699

triadic

#3E997F #7F3E99 #997F3E

tetradic

#3E997F #513E99 #993E58 #86993E

square

#3E997F #513E99 #993E58 #86993E

split-complementary

#3E997F #993E86 #99513E

monochromatic

#1B4237 #2C6D5B #3E997F #59BC9F #84CDB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#3E997F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#3E997F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #3E997F

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3E997F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##3E997F	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95907E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878681

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3e997f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(62, 153, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.096 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cb7a4',
    500: '#3e997f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3e997f;
$custom-light: #7cb7a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3e997f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 62,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.857,
    "s": 42.326,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62076,
    "c": 0.09566,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3E997F

secondary

#B87B8C

accent

#5679D2

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #3E997F

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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